August 31, 2003, 12:24
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The "Paratroops" pop-up text message; Trigger?
I'd like to know what precisely triggers the pop-up text message that appears in the default game when a civ aquires combined arms and the paratroops unit becomes available to build.
Is it the UNIT or SLOT that triggers the pop-up?
Or is it the Combined Arms tech?
Does anyone know for certain?
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August 31, 2003, 13:13
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I don't know for sure, but I think it's the availability of the unit in almost all such cases. Look at the FW History of Midgard scenario and see what prerequisite the Sorcerors unit has. If I remember correctly, learning how to build the sorceror, which was in the engineers slot, caused the "you may now transform terrain" message to pop up even though the sorceror wasn't a settler type and thus couldn't do that. If the sorceror wasn't intended to be an engineer at all, which seems to be the case, I don't see why they would bother giving it the Explosives prereq, and common sense would dictate that all those kinds of messages work in the same fashion. This is just a guess/strong suspicion though.
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August 31, 2003, 15:08
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I believe that the message is linked with the unit slot for the paratrooper, rather than the combined arms tehcnology.
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August 31, 2003, 17:58
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I'm pretty sure it's the slot. The Highlanders unit triggered the message for me in your scenario.
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August 31, 2003, 18:56
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It's the slot.
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August 31, 2003, 22:42
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cool
Thanks Brian.
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September 7, 2003, 15:53
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It's a nice way of adding a big text message without filling your events with it, isn't it...
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September 7, 2003, 18:20
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I'm not sure but il think this messages appears when u found the tech (CA or other) for the unit (Para or other)of this slot !
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September 8, 2003, 00:21
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No, Brian is correct. It's the slot.
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September 8, 2003, 03:06
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One drawback is that the message only appears if the tech (making the paratrooper available) is researched, and then only for a human player. AFAIR it doesn't appear if the unit becomes available as a result of a tech trade or givetech event.
See this thread : http://apolyton.net/forums/showthrea...threadid=84741
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